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Image ID

2016026


Item data

Title

Black woolen coat.

Collection

André Fashion Illustrations from NYPL's Picture Collection
1930s Fashion Drawings Import Adaptation

Names

Alexander, Pearl Levy (Designer)
André (Firm) (Creator)
Mainbocher, 1891-1976 (Conceptor)

Date / Origin

Place: New York
Date Created: 1938-02-07

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC Andre FASH-193

Subjects

Fashion
Women -- Clothing & dress -- United States -- 1930-1939
Bows (Ribbon work)
Coats -- 1930-1939
Shoulders (Costume)
Tucks (Sewing)
Vestee

Genres

Fashion Design Drawings
Illustrations

Notes

Content: Printed on image: "Import AG/1" "André"
Content: Slim wool wrap coat with tiered tucks below shoulder on bell sleeves. Interesting closure is achieved by attached "vestee" with yoke and center back panel, and front panels dropping from shoulder and threading through loops to tie at waist.
Content: Includes smaller back view.

Languages

English

Identifiers

Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 231f4f10-c5d3-012f-0458-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image
Text

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Black woolen coat." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1938. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/231f4f10-c5d3-012f-0458-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1938). Black woolen coat. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/231f4f10-c5d3-012f-0458-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Black woolen coat." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 14, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/231f4f10-c5d3-012f-0458-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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